Top 20 Restaurant Trends
Preview the top 2009 restaurant trends....
Crashing the Wedding Business
The wedding industry is as close to recession-proof as it gets, but even it is undergoing change as brides and their parents look for something a little more affordable these days...
La Cucina Italiana: What's New?
Looking for something new in Italian cuisine is a bit like looking for something new in a retirement home. Italians cling fiercely to their regional traditions...
The Splashy Art of Seafood
A gallery of seafood recipes demonstrate how presentation plus creativity can make a big splash on your menu. And for even more seafood ideas, check out...
L.A.'s Crush On Rush
Geography-based themes are proven winners in the restaurant business, with the idea being to name your operation after a place that has a better climate...
Menu Trends: Delicious Daybreak
Many customers say breakfast is their favorite meal of the day. That's understandable, when you consider ideas like the ones several chefs have shared...
2009 Trends: What's Hot for '09
Restaurants have taken a big hit in the last year, and the financial blues driving the falloff in restaurant spending aren't going to be cured anytime...
Fine Dining, But It's Flexible
Even though we know Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises owned Chicago's Nacional 27, it always seemed to be Randy Zweiban's place. He had been executive...
Welcome to the Club
This is no time to be shy with your guests. To ride out the current economic doldrums and beat out the competition, you need to enlist their loyalty,...
The Voice of Vodka
Do you have your own vodka brand? If not, you probably know someone who does. Even Jimi Hendrix has a vodka brand: Why should vodka ownership be restricted...
A Trip You'll Want to Take
It's every aspiring chef's dream to do a stage (i.e., an apprenticeship) in Europe's finest restaurant kitchens. Or, barring that, to attend the cream...
Betting on Buddha
Everything connected with David Overton's first two concepts, The Cheesecake Factory and Grand Lux Cafe, is big: their menus (200-plus items at Cheesecake;...
Tricked-Out Tables Take Off
Guests can do it all from their tables at Asian-fusion restaurant Inamo, which opened in London last month. Make that with their tables, each of which...
Soda-licious
House-made sodas are back For much of my lifetime, progress was marked by how fast or easy a task could become. Automated bank teller machines, drive-through...
A Hidden Segment Revealed
Memorable books result when a crackerjack writer/reporter meets a juicy topic. Which is what took place when Jennifer Lee wrote The Fortune Cookie Chronicles:...
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